Wednesday, May 20, 2020

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Dear Readers, It is with a heavy heart that I have learned of the passing away of  Bernie De Castro on April 8, 2020, a man who dedicated ...
Saturday, August 04, 2018

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Dear Readers, It has been two years in the making, but this blog, Death Row Diary, has been published as a book in Italian through the ded...
Sunday, July 12, 2015

In Honor of William

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Dear Readers~ In honor of my brother, William, I would like to have readers post a letter to this blog telling how William has touched you...
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Wednesday, July 31, 2013

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July 31, 2013 Dear Readers~ My brother, William, posthumously won second place for fiction in Pen America Center's 2013 Prison Writi...
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Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Bill's Final two Blog Posts

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Dear Readers: I have received Bill's final two blog posts: June 3, 2013 Dear Sis~ Ten days 'till departure time. You already...
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Thursday, June 13, 2013

June 12, 2013

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Dear Readers~ On June 12, 2013 at 7:13pm my brother, William, took his last breath on this earth and began his journey to the other side...
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Tuesday, June 04, 2013

May 28, 2013

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Dear Sis~ Tomorrow Elmer will be executed and I'll be next up to bat, with 15 days to live.   A situation like this tends to make you re...
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May 22,2013

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Dear Sis~ I have 21 days left to live.  The fickleness, the arbitrariness, the fleeting nature of life itself is on display daily througho...
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Thursday, May 23, 2013

May 19, 2013

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Dear Sis~ I've got 25 days left to live.  It isn't normal to be able to write something like that, and that sense of surrealism p...
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Saturday, May 18, 2013

May 12, 2013

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Dear Sis~ On Tuesday they came and measured me for my execution/burial suit.  Sometime soon I'll be given the details on how "the...
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Saturday, May 11, 2013

May 3, 2103 - Message to Bill's Readers

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Dear Sis~ Today Governor Scott signed my death warrant and my execution date has been scheduled for June 12th, at 6pm.  I wasn't reall...
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Friday, May 03, 2013

Today Gov Scott signed William's death warrant for a date of June 12th

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Dear Readers: Today Gov Scott signed William's death warrant with an execution date of June 12th.  Please see the Petition to the righ...
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Thursday, May 02, 2013

April 25, 2013

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Dear Sis~ On April 10, Larry Mann was executed downstairs.  Seven days later Governor Scott signed another death warrant, for a guy out of...
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Monday, April 22, 2013

April 10,2013

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Dear Sis~ The execution of Larry Mann occurred this evening as scheduled, making it the sixth execution under Gov Scott (it would be eight...
Wednesday, March 20, 2013

March 9, 2013

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Dear Sis~ On March 1, 2013, just three days after Paul Howell unexpectedly received his February 6th last minute stay of execution Gov. Sc...
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Monday, March 04, 2013

February 27, 2013

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Dear Sis~ My old pal Tom died on Friday, Feb 8th at 4:10 pm, alone in the clinic isolation cell at UCI.  I hate that he died alone, locked ...
Thursday, February 14, 2013

February 14, 2013

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February 14, 2013 Dear Sis~ For the past week this prison has been a beehive of activity with countless prisoners inducted to sweep, mop...
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013

February 27, 2013

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Dear Sis~ On Monday my old friend Tom - just 4 months ago had a hale and hardy soul, now a mere envelope of cancer-gnawed flesh and bones ...
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Sunday, January 13, 2013

Jan 8, 2013

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Dear Sis~ Another new year is upon us, but how much has really changed?  I just read a disturbing article, including graphic photos, about...
Monday, December 31, 2012

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December 25, 2012 Dear Sis~ What a treat it was to visit with you on Christmas Day!  My rare visits are my only real highlights of this ...
Sunday, December 16, 2012

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Dec 10, 2012 Dear Sis~ We have another execution scheduled for tomorrow, which makes for a somber atmosphere here, at least for me.  A s...
Tuesday, November 13, 2012

November 8, 2012

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Dear Sis ~ Well, apparently Governor Scott became frustrated with his inability to kill John Ferguson because last week he signed another ...
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Tuesday, October 30, 2012

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October 25, 2012 Dear Sis~ Well, the execution has been cancelled, to the dismay of some around here.  Ferguson was scheduled to die on ...
Thursday, October 11, 2012

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October 2, 2012 Dear Sis~ Last week Gov. Scott issued a temporary stay of execution for John Ferguson, the Miami native who was schedule...
Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Sept 13, 2012

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Dear Sis~ Here's a snapshot of the type of medical care we get here. In the early morning hours of August 30, my friend Tom, who lived...
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